It's true that everyone has to start somewhere, but it can also be annoying.
At work the other day I was watching game 1. Someone else in the room was saying how they really like hockey and are a huge Rangers fan... after about 10 minutes of play he asks me, "So what color are the Rangers wearing?" I just politely said, "Blue".
Caller into WFAN this afternoon..
Bandwagon-"I'm a die hard Ranger fan, I never miss a game, but I can't stand MSG (network). They wouldn't broadcast the game in CT. last night"
Joe and Evan-"Game was on NBCSN"
Bandwagon-"I know, I called Cablevision, and they told me I had to have the sports package to get the channel, and I couldn't watch the game"
Point being-what was this moron doing, when we had a slew of games on NBCSN this year?
I don't hate a new fan to hockey (regardless of playoff time), if they are there for the game/team/sport. The numb nuts that have been coming to MSG since the Winter Classic in their sideways baseball hats that don't even have the concept to wait for a whistle before getting another beer in order to show they got drunk at a Ranger game, I can do without..
Caller into WFAN this afternoon..
Bandwagon-"I'm a die hard Ranger fan, I never miss a game, but I can't stand MSG (network). They wouldn't broadcast the game in CT. last night"
Joe and Evan-"Game was on NBCSN"
Bandwagon-"I know, I called Cablevision, and they told me I had to have the sports package to get the channel, and I couldn't watch the game"
Point being-what was this moron doing, when we had a slew of games on NBCSN this year?
I don't hate a new fan to hockey (regardless of playoff time), if they are there for the game/team/sport. The numb nuts that have been coming to MSG since the Winter Classic in their sideways baseball hats that don't even have the concept to wait for a whistle before getting another beer in order to show they got drunk at a Ranger game, I can do without..
Absolutely hysterical. My biggest problem is not those who waver between teams, not those who suddenly jump on the wagon (because honestly that what the sport needs and if 1 of 1 million people who bandwagon this season becomes a die hard fan I'll be thrilled) it's the fan who follows the team heavily when it's convientent for them. It's the guy who followed the rangers every playoff year after he bought a Gomez jersey cause he was going to change the team but then ran and hid until the Winter Classic this year when he sprinted to Sports Authority and bought a Callahan jersey... You either love tour team and you follow every day or you don't.
My friend asked me last night why the Rangers always dump the puck in instead of skating it in, i laughed and said long story lol, non-hockey fans are the worst.
imo a "real fan" never leaves, you either love the team or you don't, bandwaggon fans will come and go, they only follow when they win, real ranger fans follow every day every year good or bad
i got no beef with a casual fan cheering for the rangers, just don't pretend to be a real fan
i was talkin to a bandwagoner on the train the other day who thought we won 3 cups in a row (2005-2007) and also thought we had never gone to game 7 before the caps series. he then mentioned the boyle was our teams best player for the last 3 years... i dont mind people who get into it around playoff time but the ones who pretend to be expert and really know nothing just bother me
Honestly I don't mind a "bandwagon" fan. It's times like this, and teams like this that can actually turn those "bandwagon" fans into diehards. Like other posters said, everyone has to start somewhere.
that would be me. im a 1994 bandwagoner type fan. but, of course, i stuck with the team through thick and thin mostly thin.
Since we've brought Torts in, i havent felt so optimistic about this franchise in a looooong loooooong time.
awwww yea! I was 10 when they won in 94 , i guess Im in the same boat , started in watching in 91 -92 , didn't miss one game of those awful seasons with no playoffs , this is so sweet
Honestly I don't mind a "bandwagon" fan. It's times like this, and teams like this that can actually turn those "bandwagon" fans into diehards. Like other posters said, everyone has to start somewhere.
Very true. Plenty of people hopped on board in 94 (myself included, though I was only 10 at the time) and stuck around through the dark years.
He claims he watches the playoff games yet barely knows anyone's name, he keeps referring to Kreider as "the kid" or "that kid".
Today when he was asking Micheletti about the game winner he pronounced Gaborik "Gah-bore-heck". And it wasn't him butchering it because of his accent, he just straight up killed Gabby's last name.
But the all time best question he asked today was "Joe do dah goalies evah get tired in a game like dis? I mean do dey tire or are they alright?"
i know alot jumped on in 94, but staying a ranger from from 98-05 is the key, i hate fans who only are with a team when there playing good, and then jump on another team when there not
i don't mind the fans who only get into the big games, but the ones who pretend like there die hards and know nothing annoy me
the "spike lee" fans who never watch unless its a big game, then he is there acting like this die hard fan, it really annoys me, i wonder how many ranger games that guy watched over the last 15 years
I won't even lie, I'm being a total **** face when it comes to band wagoners.
It's just that I became a big fan during the dark days and stuck with it. A bunch of these newbies, specifically my sister, happened to care around January.
I honestly don't mind certain bandwagon fans. I mean if you're rooting for the Rangers then you're good in my book, but if you start pretending to know more about the team than i do then that's no good. Some guy i know roots for them because they are in the playoffs but admits he has no clue how Hockey is played.
